Solar battery module, and method of manufacturing solar battery module
L-shaped positive electrode bus bar 11 and negative electrode bus bar 12 are provided along a vertical side 1 b and a horizontal side 1 c of the solar battery module 1 , positive electrode output terminals 13 a and 13 b , and negative electrode output terminals 14 a and 14 b are led out from the long horizontal side 1 c , and a positive electrode box 15 , a negative electrode box 16 , and the like are provided to the long horizontal side 1 c . In addition, all solar battery cells 3 of first and second rows R 1 and L 2 are connected in series by using only one connection bus bar 7 . Accordingly, even when the positive electrode box 15 , the negative electrode box 16 , and the like are provided to the long horizontal side 1 c of the solar battery module 1 , the number of bus bars is small and the number of connection processes such as soldering is also small.
1. A solar battery module comprising:
a plurality of electrically connected solar battery cells sealed between a light-receiving surface side glass and a non-light-receiving surface side glass by a sealing resin,
a protrusion prevention wall provided between the light-receiving surface side glass and the non-light-receiving surface side glass at a pair of opposite ends of the solar battery module,
wherein the protrusion prevention wall comprises a plurality of protrusion prevention wall strips disposed to overlap one another in a thickness direction of the solar battery module and to space the sealing resin from the pair of opposed ends of the solar battery module;
wherein the protrusion prevention wall strips comprise discrete double-sided adhesive tapes including an adhesive layer that exhibits no flowability by heat, edges of the tapes being aligned with ends of the light-receiving surface side glass and the non-light-receiving surface side glass whereby the sealing resin does not protrude beyond the ends of the light-receiving surface side glass and the non-light-receiving surface side glass; and
wherein in one end of the solar battery module, a lead-out electrode is led out from between the protrusion prevention wall strips adjacent to each other.
2. The solar battery module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the protrusion prevention wall strips each include an adhesive layer.
3. The solar battery module according to claim 1 ,
wherein a width of the protrusion prevention wall in a direction to space the sealing resin from the pair of opposed ends of the solar battery module is 5 mm to 10 mm.
4. A solar battery module comprising:
a light receiving-glass plate;
a rear glass plate;
plural electrically connected solar battery cells sealed between the light-receiving glass plate and the rear glass plate in a sealing resin;
two discrete walls configured separately from the sealing resin, provided at each of at least two opposing edges of the light-receiving glass plate and the rear glass plate, and provided between aligned ones of the opposing edges of the light-receiving glass plate and the rear glass plate, and configured to contain the sealing resin between the light-receiving glass plate and the rear glass plate;
wherein the walls comprise double-sided adhesive tapes including an adhesive layer that exhibits no flowability by heat, edges of the tapes being aligned with edges of the light-receiving glass plate and the rear glass plate whereby the sealing resin does not protrude beyond the edges of the light-receiving glass plate and the rear glass plate; and
wherein in one end of the solar battery module, a lead-out electrode is led out from between the protrusion prevention walls adjacent to each other.
5. The solar battery module according to claim 4 , wherein the walls are configured to prevent protrusion of the sealing resin beyond the opposing edges and to prevent an intrusion between the light-receiving glass plate and the rear glass plate.
6. The solar battery module according to claim 4 , wherein the walls comprise two wall strips interposed between the light-receiving glass plate and the rear glass plate in an overlapping manner with respect to a width direction of the module, the width direction being perpendicular to a plane of the light-receiving glass plate.
7. The solar battery module according to claim 6 , wherein the two wall strips comprise double-sided adhesive tapes.
8. The solar battery module according to claim 6 , further comprising an electrical lead connected to the plural electrically connected solar battery cells, the lead extending between the two wall strips.
9. The solar battery module according to claim 4 , wherein in a direction parallel to a plane of the light-receiving glass plate the walls have a width in a range of from 5 mm to 10 mm.
10. The solar battery module according to claim 2 , wherein the adhesive layer is disposed on each of both surfaces of the respective protrusion prevention wall strips, both surfaces facing the light-receiving surface side and the non-light-receiving surface side.